Vending machine for bottle pop, beer, and the like



p 1932- H. P. TARRENCYE ET AL;

VENDING MACHINE FOR BOTTLE POP, BEER, AND THE LIKE Filed April 25,1951

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VENDING MACHINE FOR BOTTLE POP, BEER, AND THE LIKE Filed April 25 1951 2Sheets-Sheet 2 glmentou 63 HP. Tar/"sna aha/4&5 Han e ZZ Patented Sept.21, 1932 HAROLD PAUL TARRENCE AND CHARLES HOWELI:, OF BLOOMFIELD, IOWA.

VENDING FOR BOTTLE POP, BEER, AND THE LIKE Application filed Apri1 25,

This invention relates to a vending machine for bottle goods, such assoda water, gingerale, beer and the like, and has for one of its objectsto rovidea machineof this character which s all embody-a casing providedin its upper side with a delivery opening, a

chamber within the casing for the reception of ice or other refrigerantor the coil of a mechanical refrigerating apparatus, and a m tray forsupporting the bottles in an upright position within the casing andoperable to present the bottles one at a time to the delivery opening.The invention has for a further object to provide a vending machine ofthe character stated wherein the tray shall be adapted to carry thebottles in radially arranged rows, wherein the delivery opening shall bearranged to permit the outermost bottles of the rows to be successivelypresented in alinement therewith and wherein the tray shall be adapted,on the withdrawal through the delivery opening of the outermost bottleof a row, to'cause the remaining bottle or bottles of the row to moveoutwardly on the tray so as to always maintain the bottles in positionon the tray for successive'alinement with the delivery opening.

The invention has for a further object to provide a vending machine ofthe character stated which shall embody a door for the delivery openingand a coin controlled lock securing the door in closed position.

The inventioirhas for a further object to provide a vending machine ofthe character stated which shall embody means adapted to prevent morethan one bottle from being Withdrawn through the delivery opening foreach release and opening of the door.

provide a vending machine of the character stated wherein the means forpreventing a withdrawal of more than one bottle at a time through thedelivery opening shall be adapted to prevent the operation of the trayto a present another bottle in alinement with they delivery'openinguntilt-he door has been closed. i

The invention has for a further object to all provide a vending machineof the character The invention has for a further object to 1931. Serial1T0. saasa.

stated wherein the refrigerating chamber shall be mounted upon the tray,and wherein the means for operating the tray shall be con nected to thechamber and accessible from outside the casing.

The invention has for a further object to provide a vending machine ofthe character stated wherein the tray shall be adapted to carr rows ofbottles containing difierent goo s, and whereinthe casing shall have atop wall or coyer provided with transparent panels through which thebottles are visible so as to enable a purchaser to operate the tray in amanner to present to the delivery opening a bottle containing the goodshe wishes to purchase. J

The'invention is hereinafter more fully de scribed and claimed, andillustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a viewpartly in top plan and partly in horizontal section of the vendingmachine.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on the verticalplanes indicated bythe line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a sectionalview on an enlarged scale taken on the verticalplane indicated by the line 3.3 of Figure 1.

Figure 1 is a sectional view taken on the horizontal planeindicated bythe line 44 of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a sectional view taken 'onthe vertical plane indicated bythe line 5-5 of Figure 4, and Figure 6 is a detail sectional viewillustrating that formation of the tray which permlts it to carrybottles of difi'erent'size.

Referring in detail to the drawings, 1 designates the casing of thevending machine.

The casing 1' is mounted upon legs 2 and-com- 1 prises a bottom wall 3,a side wall 4 and a top wall or cover 5. The casing 1 is preferably ofcylindrical formation, and the top wall 5 thereof comprises transparentpanels 6 andopaque panels 7, '8 and 9. The transparent panels 6 arepreferably made from glass;. and the opaque panels 7, 8 and 9, togetherwith .the'bottom wall 3 and side wall 4, are preferably'made from metal.A chanv nel ring 10 located at the center of the-top 1 wall 5, andchannel bars 11 extending from the ring to the side wall 4, providemeans for sup orting the panels 6, 7, 8 and 9. The panels 7 and 8-areprovided ear their outer ends with delivery openings 1 2 and 13 whichare closed by doors 14 and 15, respectively. The panel 9 comprises innerand outer sec tions 9a and 9b, the inner section being fixed I disk,issupported within the easing 1 for rotation about a vertical axis 19coincident with the corresponding. axis of the casing.

' The convex side of the tray 18 is located uppermost, and the axis 19is carried by a bearing block 20 depending from the tray. The

. axis 19 passes through a bearing block 21 extending upwardly from thebottom wall 3 of the casing 1. Anti-friction elements 22 are-arrangedbetween the bearings blocks 20 and 21 to permit the easy rotation of thetray 18. A chamber 23 is centrally mounted upon the tray 18 and isprovided for the reception of ice or other refrigerant. When ice is usedthe chamber 23 will be provided near the bottom thereof with smallopenings 24. The chamber 23 is of cylindrical formation, and the upperedge portion of its side wall is located within the ring 10 constitutinga part of the casing wall 5'. A glass panel 25 removably secured to thering 10, .and reinforced by a metal bar 26 extending diametri- 'cally ofthe same constitutes a coverin for the refrigerating chamber 23. A bar2% extending diametrically across the refrigerating chamber 23 with itsends removably seated in notches 28- in the upper edge'portion of theside wall of the chamber, a shaft 29 fixed to the bar and extendingthrough a bearing opening 30 in the bar 26, and a crank 31 fixed toiheshaft, constitutemeans through the medium of which the tray 18 may bemanually operated to successively present the outermost of the bottles32 and 32a carried by the tray to either the delivery opening 12 or thedelivery opening 13.

. A ring 33 located above and supported from the edge of the tray 18 byposts 34, prevents the radial displacement of the bottles 32 and 32afrom the tray. Upper wires 35 extendp ing from the refri erating chamber23 to the I ring 33 and secure to these parts, and lower wires 36extending from the refrigerating chamber to the posts 34 and secured tothese parts,'prov1de at the upper side of the tray 18 a series of radialcompartments 37 for the bottles 32 and 32a. The beer bottles 32a aretaller than the pop bottles 32. To adapt the tray 18 for carrying bothsize bottles with the caps of the outermost bottles in a common plane,those compartments 37 designed for" the reception of the beer bottlesare deeper than those compartments designed for the reception of the popbottles. To provlde the deeper compartments 37, the tray 18 is offsetdownwardly in alinement with such com- '15 are provided with knobs 40extending upwardly therefrom through the delivery openings 12 and 13.'The doors move in wardly while being opened and outwardly 4 while beingclosed, and they are securedin closed position by coin controlled lockssubstantially similar in construction. As shown in Figures -1, 3, 4 and5, the locks comprise casings 41 and 42, respectively, which are securedto the undersides of the panels 7 and 8, and which receive the inner endportions of thedoors 14 and 15, respectively. The locks also comprisebolts 43 and 44 which are pivoted within the casings 41 and 42,respectively. The bolts 43 and 44 extend horizontally across the frontend portions of the casings 41 and 42 and are pivoted at one side oftheir vertical centers for swinging movement about vertical axes45. v I7 The short arms of the bolts 43 and 44' are located opposite shoulders46 formed by recessing the inner end portions ofthe doors 14 and 15, andthe long arms of thebolts are located opposite push bars 47 formed byproviding'the doors with longitudinal slots 48.

The push bars 47 extend inwardly beyondthe shoulders 46, and the slotsextend outwardly beyond the shoulders. The bolts 43 and 44 are heldagainst movement in a dime tion to carry their short arms inwardly bystops-49 which are carried by the casings 41 and 42, and the bolts arenormally held with.

their short arms in contact with the front sides of the stops by springs50 which are mounted upon the pivots 45 and terminally secured to thepivots and bolts. It will thus be seen that the bolts 43 and 44 arenormally held in active position with their short arms opposite the doorshoulders 46, and that the bolts must be swung to carry their short armslaterally beyond the shoulders in order to release the doors 14 and 15for movement into opened position. Coins 51 and 52 must be employedbefore the bolts .43 and 42 may be moved into door releasing orretracted position, and the coins must be positioned between the doorpush bars 47 and the long arms of the bolts to establish an operativeconnection between the push bars and bolts. With the coins in thisposition, the initial opening movements of the doors 14 and 15 willswing the bolts 43 and 44 in such direction as to move. their short armslaterally beyond the door shoulders 46, and move the bolts into.alinement withthje door slots 48, permitting the doors 14 and 15 to bemoved into fully opened position. During the movement-of the doors 14and 15 into opened position, the coins 51 and 52 are carried to openings53 5 formed in the bottom walls of the casings 41 and 42, the coinspassing through the openings into drawers 54 located below and slidablysupported from the casings and acces-- sible only after the opening ofthe door 9b.

During the closing movement of the doors 14 and 15 the side walls of thedoor slots 48 passoutwardly with respect to the bolts 43 and 44, andwhen the doors are in fully closed position the bolts are released formovement by their springs into projected position. An operativeconnection between the door 14 and its bolt 43 is adapted to beestablished by a ten cent piece, the price of a bottle of beer, and anoperative connection between the door 15 and its bolt 43 is adapted tobe established by a five cent piece, the price of a bottle of pop.Topermit a ten cent piece to be positioned between the push bar 47 ofthe door 14 and the long arm of the bolt 43, a coin tube 55 inclinesupwardly from the panel 7, and to permit a five cent piece to bepositioned between the push bar 47 of the'door 15and the long arm of thebolt 44, a coin tube 56 inclines upwardly from the panel 8; The 'cointube 55 is just large enough to permit theinsertion therein of aten centpiece. If a penny should be inserted in the coin tube 56 it would passthrough an opening 57 formed in the top wall of the casing 44 in directalinement with the lower end of the coin tube. After passing through theopening 57 the penny would enter the coin drawer 54 of this lock. Theopening 57 while large enough to permit the free passage therethrough ofa penny, is not large enough to permit the passage the'rethrough of afive cent piece which will on passing from the coin tube 56 move into aposition between I the push bar 47 of the door 15 and the long. arm ofthe bolt 44. The coin drawers 54 are only accessiblefrom the interior ofthe ins ing shortly after the opening of the casing door 95.

The bottles containing beer are'removable through the delivery opening12, and the bottles containing pop are removable through the deliveryopening 13. 7 As the casing panels 6 are transparent,the bottles areclearly visible to the purchaser, and in viewthereof he may'rotate thetray 18 to effect the positioning of a bottle containing beer beneaththe delivery opening 12 or a bottle of pop beneath the delivery opening13. When the door 14 is opened to permit theremoval of the bottle ofbeer, a guard 58 moves down-' wardly over the neck of the bottle, andwhen the door 15 is opened topermit the removal of a bottle of pop, aguard 59 moves downwardly overthe neck of the bottle, the guard 59 beingsmaller than'the guard 58 so as to prevent the withdrawal of a bottlecontaining beer throughthe' delivery opening 13. The guards 58 and 59are similar except as to size, and each comprises a'series oftelescopically associated conical sections 60. The uppermost of thesections 60 are secured to the supports 39 in alinement with thedelivery openings 12 and 13. The guards 58 and 59 are in normallycontracted condition when the doors 14 and 15 are closed, during theopening of the doors, they move into extended or bottle neck engagingposition, and during the closing of the doors they are returned to theircontracted condition. As the guards 58 and 59 are, when in extendedcondition, in the path of the outermost bottles carried by the tray 18,they must be raised into their contracted condition before the tray 18may be operated to present other bottles in allnement with the deliveryopenings 12 and 13.

In view thereof, and as the guards 58 and 59 can only be raised intotheircontracted con-- dition by the closing of the doors 14 and 15, itwill be understood that a' purchaser'can only remove one bottle :Eoreach coin inserted in the machine.

Upper direction rollers 61 rotatably supported from the supports 39,lower direction rollers 62 rotatably supported from the side wall 4.01?the casing 1, and cables 63 passing about the rollers and connected, asat 64, to the lowermost of the conical sections 60, and as at 65, to thedoors 14 and 15, provide means through the medium of which the guards 58and 59 are extended by and as a result of the opening of the doors andcontracted by and as a result of the closing of the doors.

The panels 7 and 8 are provided inwardly of the delivery openings 12 and13, and inwardlybeyond the radial rows of bottles on the tray 18, withopenings 66 and 67 through which. purchasers of cooled bottles of beeror pop may place on the tray warm bottles of beer or pop kept in acasing located near the machine or beneath the casing 1, the bot ties ofbeer being inserted through the openings 66 and the bottles of popthrough the cured to the undersides of the panels 7 and 8. The door 68is connected by rods 71 to the cables 63 of the door 14 so that the door68 will be opened and closed as-the door 14 is opened andclosed. Thedoor 69 is connected that the door 69 will be opened and closed asthedoor 15 is opened and closed. It will -12'o by rods 72 to the cables63 of the door 15 .50

thus be seen that when one of the deliver opening doors is opened itscompanion receiying opening door is uncovered so as to permit apurchaser to remove a cooled bottle drink from the machine andplace aWarm bottle drinkvtherein. r

When the machine is provided with a methrough the delivery opening 12.

casing. The doors 14 and 15 are held in nor-- mally closed position bysprings 75. The

casing 1 is provided with a drain plug 7 6- and an overflow pipe 77.

In practice, a purchaser who wishes a bottle of beer will through themedium of the crank 31 turn the tray 18 until a bottle of beer registerswith the delivery opening 12. He will place a ten cent piece in the cointube 55 to effect the release of the door 14.

-During the opening movement of the door 14, the guard 58 movesdownwardly onto the neck of the bottle in alinement with the deliveryopening 12. The purchaser may now readily grasp the bottle and withdrawit After withdrawing the bottle and placing another bottle of beer inthe machine through the opening 66, the door 68 of which was opened byand as a result of the opening of the door 14, the purchaser releasesthe doors 14 and 68 for closing movement by their springs 75. Apurchaser who wishes a bottle of pop turns the tray 18 until the bottleof pop registers with the delivery opening 13. .He then inserts a fivecent piece in the coin tube 56 and opens the doors 15 and 69. Theopening of these doors results in the downward movements of the guard 59on the neck of the bottle of pop and after withdrawing the bottleof popand then placing one in the machine through the opening 67 the purchaserreleases the doors for closing movement by their springs 75. To permitthe bottles to be opened a cap remover 78 is' secured to the side wall 4of the casing 1 near the delivery openings 12 and 13.

While we have described the principle of the invention, together withthe structure which we now consider the preferred embodiment thereof, itis to be understood that the structure shown is merely illustrative andthat such changes may be made, when de-' sired, as fall within the scopeof the invention as claimed. What is claimed is 2 1. A bottle vendingmachine comprising a casing having a delivery opening, a door for the,opening, a bottle supportingtray movable in the casing to successivelypresent the bottles to the delivery opening; and a collapsible guardunder the control of the'door and operated by the door into bottlereceiving position during the movement of the door into openedposition."

2. A bottle vending machine comprising a casing having a deliveryopening, a bottle supporting tray movable in the casing to suecessivelypresent the bottles to the delivery opening, means by which the tray maybe moved from outside the casing, a collapsible guard at the deliveryopening for the reception of the bottle in alinement with the opening, adoor for the delivery opening, and means connecting the guard to thedoor for operation by the latter, the door collapsing the guard duringits movement into closed position and extending the guard during itsmovement into opened position.

. 3. A'bottle vending machine comprising a delivery opening in its topwall, a bottle supporting tray movable in the casing to successivelypresent the bottles to the deliveryopening, means by which the tray maybe operated from'outside the casing, a slidably mounted door for thedelivery opening, a guard secured to the top wall and consisting oftelescopically associated sections to enable it to be contracted andextended, the guard when in. extended position receiving the bottle inalinement with the delivery opening, and means connecting the guardsection to the door and operable by the door to collapse and extend theguard, the door colla sing the guard during closing movement andextending the guard during opening movement. a

4. A bottle vending machine comprising a casing having a deliveryopening in its top wall, a bottle supporting tray rotatably mounted inthe casing and having its upper side sloping downwardly and outwardly, aring supported from and above the outer edge of the tray, means carriedby the tray to divide it into radially disposed bottle refor saidopening operatively engaged ,with

said bottle receiving member some of the bottle receiving compartmentsbeing deeper than others toadapt the tray for supporting bottles ofdifierent height.

5. A bottle vending machine comprising a casing having a deliveryopening in its top. wall, a bottle supporting tray movable in the casingto successively present the bottles to the delivery opening, means bywhich the tray may be operated from outside the casing, and means forcontrolling the withdrawal of bottles from the casing through thedelivery opening, said latter means 'including a telescoping bottlereceiving member depending from said top wall about said opening and adoor for said open-ing operatively engaged with said member. x

6. A bottle vending machine comprising a casing having a deliveryopening in its top wall, abottle supporting tray rotatably mounted inthe casing and supporting the bottles for successive presentation inupright position to the delivery opening, means by which the tray may beoperated from outside the casing, and means for controlling thewithdrawal of bottles from the casing through the delivery opening, saidlatter means including a telescoping bottle receiving member dependingfrom said top wall about said opening and a door for said openingoperatively engaged with said member.

7. A bottle vending machine comprising a casing having a deliveryopening in its top wall, a bottle supporting tray movable in the casingto successively present the bottles to the delivery opening, means bywhich the tray may be operated from ouside the casing, a refrigeratingchamber carried by the tray, and means for controlling the withdrawal ofthe bottles from the casing through the delivery opening, said lattermeans including a telescoping bottle receiving member depending fromsaid top wall about said opening and a door for said opening operativelyengaged with said member.

8.. A bottle vending machine comprising a casing having a deliveryopening in its top wall, a bottle supporting tray rotatably mounted inthe casing and having its upper side sloping downwardly and outwardly, aring supported from and above the outer edge of the tray, means carriedby the tray to divide it into radially disposed bottle receivingcompartments, means by which the tray may be rotated from outside thecasing, and means for controlling the withdrawal of bottles from thecasing through the delivery opening, said latter means including atelescoping bottle receiving member depending from said top wall aboutsaid opening and a door for said opening operatively engaged with saidbottle receiving member.

9. A bottle vending machine comprising a casing having a deliveryopening in its top wall, a bottle supporting tray rotatably mounted inthe casing to successively present the bottles to the delivery opening,a refrigerating chamber mounted upon the tray, a removable cover for thechamber, a cross bar removably engaged with the chamber, a crankconnected to the cross bar and journaled in the cover, and means forcontrolling the withdrawal of bottles from the casing through thedelivery opening, said latter means including a telescoping bottlereceiving member depending from said top wall about said opening and adoor for said opening operatively engaged with said bottle receivingmember. v

10. A bottle vending machine comprising a casing having a deliveryopening in its top wall, a tray rotatably mounted in the casing forsupporting the bottles thereon in radial rows, means by which the traymay be operated from outside the casing to successively present theoutermost bottles of the rows in alinement with the delivery opening,the tray causing the bottles to move outwardl thereon as the outermostones are wit drawn through the delivery opening, and means forcontrolling the removal of the bottles from the casing through thedelivery opening, said latter means including a telescoping bottlereceiving member depending from said top wall about said opening and adoor" for said opening operatively engaged with said bottle receivingmember.

In testimony whereof we hereunto aflix our signatures. 1

HAROLD PAUL TARRENGE.

CHAS. HOWELL.

